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W. A. LORENZ.

, JAR TRAY. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12, 1904.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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WILLIAM A. LORENZ, or naa'rrerm, counucrrcur, ASSIGN'OR or ONE-HALF 'roBEECH-NUT PACKING COMPANSL-[QE 'QANAJOHARIE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION orNEW YORK, AND ONE-FOURTH 'ro' WILLIAM H: Hourss, or HARTFORD, CON-NECTICUT.

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application filed December 12, 1904. Serial No. 236,485.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM A. LORENZ, a citizen of the United States,and resident of. Hart-ford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Trays, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

This invention relates to apparatus for handling jars and similarreceptacles and consists of an improved tray and locator by means ofwhich any suitable number of jars may be located and maintained inpredetermined positions on the tray, and quickly removed therefrom whendesired, without danger of breakage or disarrangement.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 are plan, side'andend views respectively of animproved tray and locator, with a number of ars in place on the tray.Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are plan, side and end views respectively of thelocator. Figs. 7 and 8 are side and end views, respectively of the tray.Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the tray with the locator detachedtherefrom. and in the operation of removing a set of jars from the tray.Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the tray, the locator and a set of jarsafter the jars have been removed from the tray and the locatordisengaged from the ars.

The jar tray comprises a bottom 83, prefcrably of sheet metal, at eachend of which are secured upright standards or posts 84 supportin a airof end bars 85. The surface of t e t ay bottom 83 is preferably madewithout de ressions or projections. The ends are close by the osts 84and end bars 85; but the lateral si es are open and unobstructed.Handles 87 are secured to the end bars 85 for convenience in lifting andmoving the loaded tray.

The locator 86 is preferably of sheet metal and when so constructed mayhave its side edges 90 turned over to stiffen it. The ends 91 extendoutward sufliciently to enable them to rest upon the end bars 85 of thetray and thus supportthe locator. The turned over edges 90 fit intonotches 88 formed in the s of the bars 85, thus registering the 10-cator in a fixed position on the tray while at thesame time permittin itto be readily esired. Holes v92 of a size to freely fit the bodies ofthe jars J are formed in the locator and these holes Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented Nov, 2, 1909.

correspond in number and positionto the in the apparatus to make surealso of'the correct location of the individual jars. The locator alsoserves to kee the jars from contact with each other while the tray isbeing handled or moved, and thus eliminates one: lilt very prolificsource of breakage. ter function is of great service in transporting andhandling thejarseven where their j position on the tray is not a matterof importance. In lifting the tray by the handles 87 the thumbs or ballsof the hands naturally close down upon the locator, thus holding thelatter firmly in place till the tray is a ain set down.

When it is desired .to remove the jars from the tray, the latter isplacedupon a table or 1 other suitable surface and the locator 86detached from the tray by raising it enough to 1 disengage one of t 1eturned-over edges from the notches 88 but not enough to disengage thelocator from the jars. This 'operation is facilitated by beveling oil.the outer top edges of the end bars 85 at 89, so as to give room forthe operators fingers to get at. the underside of the locatoror the endsof the locator could extend beyond the bars 85; By now pushing thelocator sidewise the jars ma be slid in a body on the tra on to the itab e (Fig. 9) the open side'of t 1e tray of-' fering no obstruction tothe assing of the jars, while at the same time t he locationof each jarin its hole 92 kee s it separated from its fellows. Afterthe ars areentirely clear of the tray the locator. may be lifted from them (Fig.10) and. replacpd on the tray ready to receive another set of jars.

. Although the tray bottom 83 and the 10; I

cator 86 are referably ofsheet metal, they may obvious y be'formed ofother material.

The bottom 83 for instance maybe made of wood with its-side edgessuitabl beveled to allow the jars to slide oflr' smooth y.

The locater 86may also be made of wood andfpro- 5'5 set of jars disposedas desired on the tray. *Each jar is thus located in its properposivided with pins or other projections for suiti be sufficient toapproximately fill the hole of the locator, in order to dispose the jarson the tray properly. I

An important advantage of this tray is its reversible feature, wherebythe trays may be used with either end foremost, and whereby the jars maybe slid off from either of the two open lateral sides; The locator isalso made reversible upon the tray, so that it will drop into place whenplaced in approximate coincidence with the tray, without regard tohaving ;its ends in a particular direction. Inractical use, these traysand locators are made uniform andinterchangeable, so that any locatorwill register upon any tray; and V in either'of its two coincldentpositions on the tray.

I claim as my invention 1. In jar handling devices, the combination of aar tray, and a detachable unitary jar locator provided with a pluralityof openings for locating a plurality of jars upon the tray insymmetrical relation to the ends of the tray, thelocator being alsoprovided with means for reversibly registering itself upon the tray andmaintaining the symmetrical relation of the jars to the ends of the trayin either position of the locator.

2. In jar handling devices, the combination of a jar tray, open at itslateral sides, and a detachable locator consisting of a sheet metalplate, provided with apertures I for locating and maintaining aplurality of in predetermined positions on the tray, the plate beingalso provided with means for reversibly registering it upon the tray andmaintaining the jars in their same predetermined p'ositions upon thetray in both of the positions of the locator.

3. In jar handling devices, the combination of a jar tray open at itslateral side, a detachable locator made in a unitary structure andprovided with means for reversibly registering itself upon the tray, andwith means for locating jars in a relation to the ends of the tray,unchanged by the reversal of the locator.

.4, In jar handling devices, the combination of a jar tray open at itslateral side, a

detachable locator made in a unitary struction of a jar tray, comprisinga flat bottom portion provided with standards rising from opposite sidesof the bottom, a handle appurtenant to each of said standards, adetachable locator provided with openings for locating a series of jarsin a predetermined position in the tray, the ends of the locator beingprovided with means for registering with the said standards, withportions of said locator adjacent to the said handles, whereby the trayand its locator are arranged in manipulative relationv to the hand 'ofthe o erator.

. 6. In ar handling devices, the combination of a jar tray, comprising aflat bottom portion having upwardly projecting standards at its oppositesides, leaving the otheropposite lateral sides open, and a detachablelocator provided with openings for locating a serles of jars in apredetermined position in the tray, and having its ends pro- .vided withmeans for supporting and registering the locator upon the standards.

7. In jar handling devices, the combina- I tion of a reversible tray,comprising a flat bottom having standards extending upwardly from itsopposite sides, leaving the tray. open on its other opposite sides; anda detachable locator provided with openings for registering a series ofjars in symmet rical relation on the tray, the locator being rovidedwith means for reversibly registermg it upon the said standards.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two. subscribing witnesses.

. WILLIAM A. LORENZ.

Witnesses:

' JAS. W. GREEN,

WM. H. HONISS.

